Murph
Novice Bodybuilder
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Post by Murph on Nov 1, 2003 23:54:15 GMT -5
As I have been crusing around these various muscle boards, I have noticed that no bodybuilder seems to be more contoversial than Mike Mentzer. Both in Physique and bodybuilding philosophy. His battles with personal demons and his sudden death (not to mentions Rays) just seemed to add to his legend.
Was his physique great, or boxy and too thick? Both?
Was heavy Duty a publicity ploy, or good science?
Some have said HD worked only for guys built like the Mentzers', others have said that near the end of his career he abandoned HD in secret in a effort to change his physique,
Any opinions?
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Post by Tim Wescott on Nov 2, 2003 11:05:08 GMT -5
Murph, I think Mentzer had a fantastic physique! As far as it being boxy, or too thick,he didn`t have the lines of a Zane type physique, or Bob Paris aesthetics, but he did build a great body according to his genetic capabilities.He had a more powerful type of body, that was part of his genetic disposition.I saw Mike Mentzer early in his carreer, and he blew my mind with his size and thickness.As far as Heavy Duty is concerned ,I personally am a more volume orientated person, I enjoy my training too much to train as infrequently as Mentzer advised.I do know that Mike didn`t use HD early in his career to build his great size,but used more traditional methods of training at that time.He was very thought provoking, and did a lot to open peoples eyes as to too much volume, and possible overtrainig .I don`t beleive HD is the "best" way to train however ,that is a personal ,individual thing that we have to determine for ourselves.It was perfect for Mentzer,and other`s but not for everyone!!
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Jeff Preston
Novice Bodybuilder
"It's not the destination but the journey"
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Post by Jeff Preston on Nov 2, 2003 13:47:20 GMT -5
I beleive Mentzers greatest contirbution to the sport that he made people "think". Whether you followed his methods or not you at least examined what you personally were doing and either strengthened you own cause or expanded on your training knowledge.
The only thing I feel that hurt him in his later years was the constant and overbearing philosophical ramblings. I stopped reading any of his columns because I had heard enough of what Aynn Rand (whatever the spelling was?) thought to last me a life time.
No doubt his impact on the sport has become legendary.
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Joe Roark
Novice Bodybuilder
IFBB Historian
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Post by Joe Roark on Nov 3, 2003 21:47:11 GMT -5
Jeff,
If you began ignoring Mike, I guess we can determine
that Atlas Shrugged him off?
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